NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Corrales, NM
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Corrales, New Mexico since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 25 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 25
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Corrales
The highest rating among the 25 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on September 13, 1988, came within 4 miles. Of the 25, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 10 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on August 19, 2025. Corrales has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 78% of the 94 New Mexico cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 87 times since 1990, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Corrales has more hail reports within 10 miles than 89% of the 94 New Mexico cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Corrales
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s3
- 1980s5
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 1988 | F1 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 31, 1965 | F1 | 4 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 20, 1956 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 23, 2021 | EF0 | 5 mi | 0.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 15, 2020 | EF0 | 7 mi | 0.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 6, 2017 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 3, 2011 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 2007 | EF0 | 24 mi | 3.75 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 16, 2005 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 20, 1991 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1991 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 1990 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 25, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Corrales
The Storm Prediction Center has 87 hail reports within 10 miles of Corrales since 1990, made on 39 separate days. Of these, 33 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on October 5, 2004. The most recent report is from June 2, 2025. July has the most reports, 23.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Corrales
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Rio Rancho #2, NM, 2 miles northwest of Corrales at 5,290 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 50°F and 24°F. August is the wettest at 1.7 inches of precipitation on average and March the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 9.6 inches over 23 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 95 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 116 nights a year. That 9.6 inches is more than at 9 of the 58 New Mexico stations used on this site (16%). Rio Rancho, 6 miles northwest, has its own station (Rio Rancho #1, NM): 10.4 inches a year, 0.8 more than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 96°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 50 | 24 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Feb | 56 | 28 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Mar | 66 | 34 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Apr | 73 | 41 | 0.5 | 1 |
| May | 81 | 49 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Jun | 93 | 59 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Jul | 96 | 64 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Aug | 92 | 63 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Sep | 86 | 56 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Oct | 74 | 44 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Nov | 61 | 31 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Dec | 50 | 24 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Year | 73 | 43 | 9.6 | 23 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Rio Rancho #2, NM (5,290 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Corrales
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 109 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Corrales: 51 flash floods, 49 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 heavy rain events and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 12 people and injured 14, and the NWS estimated $3.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on December 1, 2007. July has had the most flash floods, 31 of 51. Of the 92 New Mexico cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 85 have had fewer than Corrales.
July 20, 2021: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Corrales — 3 killed.
NWS: “A thunderstorm with heavy rain rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour resulted in flash flooding across eastern portions of Albuquerque. Several reports of flooded roadways and yards in the Albuquerque foothills was received.”
July 4, 2009: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of Corrales — 1 killed, 6 injured.
May 21, 2018: heavy rain event 8 miles from the centre of Corrales — 1 killed, 5 injured.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Corrales's ZIP code 87048 have filed 20 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $245,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 25 New Mexico cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 9 have fewer than Corrales.
Sandoval County, which includes Corrales, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 fires, 4 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows, on May 4, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sandoval County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for hail, inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $31.5 million a year, the 11th highest of 33 New Mexico counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $21.0 million (67%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Corrales
- Rio Rancho, NM6 mi
- Bernalillo, NM7 mi
- Albuquerque, NM8 mi
- Placitas, NM11 mi
- Cedar Crest, NM15 mi
- Algodones, NM15 mi
- Sandia Park, NM19 mi
- Tijeras, NM23 mi
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM25 mi
- Bosque Farms, NM26 mi
- Edgewood, NM27 mi
- Peralta, NM28 mi
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